Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Department for Education

Oral Answers to Questions

Stephen Mosley Excerpts
Monday 16th June 2014

(10 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Matt Hancock Portrait Matthew Hancock
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Yes, I do. There is a huge array of organisations. Only this morning, I was launching Careers Lab with Steve Holliday, who runs National Grid. That is another organisation, like the one my hon. Friend mentioned, that can help to broker links between employers and education, which are so important after the systems were separated for far too long.

Stephen Mosley Portrait Stephen Mosley (City of Chester) (Con)
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Following on from that, one way to enthuse young people in engineering is to give them first-hand experience and use role models. What is the Minister doing specifically to encourage engineering companies to go into schools and enthuse young people?